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UF IN JACKSONVILLE: WHERE PLANS STAND
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JIA area lands first hotels in more than a decade PAGE 8
REAL ESTATE
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BY RIC ANDERSON & MAX MARBUT | JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD
JEA headquarters is first home for UF The University of Florida has agreed to lease temporary space for its new Jacksonville graduate studies center on the fifth floor of the JEA headquarters building at 225 N. Pearl St. Downtown near the Duval County Courthouse. UF and JEA plan to agree to a threeyear lease with three one-year renewal options beginning July 1, 2024. The space is close to three sites UF is considering for the Jacksonville center’s permanent campus. The sites presented as under consideration are adjacent to the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center, near Florida State College at Jacksonville’s Downtown Campus or near EverBank Stadium in the Sports Complex.
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No reserve: Oceanfront home is sold at auction PAGE 13
acksonville is poised to become the home of two new University of Florida institutions that would play into UF President Ben Sasse’s vision of the university partnering with businesses to apply research to
current and future challenges, putting students closer to prospective employers and spurring the regional and state economies. On March 27, the state Board of Governors approved a UF graduate school planned for Downtown Jacksonville. The next day, Mayor Donna Deegan told a crowd at a business luncheon that Jacksonville was a frontrunner to be the site of the Florida Semiconductor Institute. Where the UF projects stand now, STORY, PAGE 10
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Leadership changes at top Managing Editor Monty Zickuhr becomes editor; Karen Mathis moves to editor at large and will continue to report business news for the Daily Record. PAGE 4 CITY GOVERNMENT
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The roots of CSX history start in Baltimore Now headquartered in Jacksonville, the bridge disaster in Baltimore will likely disrupt shipments of coal, one of the railroad company’s largest businesses. PAGE 6
JEA board acts on trial lessons It will seek a “second opinion” and hire a consultant as the cityowned utility prepares to spend $4 billion on capital improvements. PAGE 3
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